mass transit systems in cities across the country, they have increased patrols. pete, what s the response so far? we heard from the biggest public transit systems in the united states. they say they are monitoring the new york subway attack. that includes the washington, d.c. metro system, nbta, which operates the t in boston, bart in san francisco, septa in philadelphia and marta in atlanta. transportation secretary pete buttigieg was briefed. the department of transportation is offering support to the mta. the u.s. department of transportation federal transit administration also say they are monitoring this. here is what is changing now. mass transit systems say they are stepping up canine sweeps and police patrols. they underscore, they are face nothing credible threats at the moment. remember, service transportation is really hard to secure. securing sprawling transit
t want you to see. released the entire video and let the public decide. it took a lawsuit and eight months for the nbta to finally release the entire video showing exactly what happened that day. this is a case of excessive force. in a statement, detect detective
you ll see may have surprised even themselves with their quick reactions. a woman falls from a subway platform and bystanders wave frantically to try to stop the oncoming train. i was just too scared. you don t want to take anybody s life. it s november 6th, 2009. bill lynch waits for the train at boston s north station after leaving his job as an usher for the boston celtics. it was about 10:30 in the evening and we re coming home from the celtics game. we re waiting for the train to come in. while waiting, bill notices 26-year-old sophia who is smoking a cigarette near the end of the platform. it s funny. both of those venues that i work at have a no smoking policy and i was almost going to go over there and tell her there s no smoking. in the nbta, too, but i stopped
people like officer richard donahue of the nbta transit police, shot and nearly killed that night, after months of rehab, richard is walking again and keeping up with his 18-month-old son. we are proud to have richard here today. give him a big round of applause. today, our hearts are in boston again. the families of walter kennedy and edward walsh, who gave their lives protecting others from a massive blaze last week. their sacrifice like the sacrifice of those made last year remind us of the self-less purge of everyday heroes that put their lives on the line to help others. the first responders, brave citizens, rest salute victims of these tragedies, they are all boston strong. ultimately, that s what this team played for last season.
handled the tactical. they went in and symbolically, they let the nbta put the cuffs on the suspect. because of their fellow officer who i m happy to report is doing much better. which makes us, again, as a law enforcement community, feel great that, number one, we got the guy, but also that the mbta officer is doing much better. we reached out and symbolically after the fbi team had had him, symbolically we let the mbta put the handcuffs on. did he say anything? again, the fbi took over the investigation. they re the ones who speak to him. our job was over. he was in custody. he was you know, the fbi took control of the investigation. at that point, you know, our main concern was that all our officers were safe, and we cleared out of the area.